Common Sense Media Review
By Chris Morris
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Notable violation of Snapchat users' privacy.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 16+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Snaphack
What's It About?
Users log into their Snapchat accounts via SNAPHACK and can open a photo or video sent to them by people on their contact list. If they'd like to save what they see, they simply have to press the action button, and it will be saved to their camera roll. The user who sent the image will receive no notification that the picture has been saved.
Is It Any Good?
Snaphack could be viewed as a way to make moments last, but for Snapchat users it's a potential nightmare scenario. The images and videos that are designed to disappear after only a few seconds can now be made permanent, and the person sending them will never know. That's worrisome from a privacy standpoint, since it means any image or video sent via Snapchat then can be shared or even posted online, without consent. Although sexting is the obvious example, even shots that were taken in fun (mocking the boss or acting silly) can come back to haunt you -- when you never knew they still existed.
View our video The Truth About Sexting for more ways to talk to your teen about safe messaging practices.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what content is OK to send and what is not. How do you use messaging? What content do you send?
Make sure kids know that nothing sent via a device ever really goes away and it could be shared without their permission.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : October 17, 2013
- Genre : Social Networking
- Publisher : Stephen Murray
- Version : 1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated : December 9, 2021
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